KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 



147 



Owing to the illness of Mrs. James W. Pinchot, under whom the 

 direction of tliis collection continues, not much work was put upon 

 it during last year, but it remains in excellent condition and is the 

 subject of much attention from visitors. It is hoped that there will 

 be an early increase in permanent accessions and that the material 

 may soon be arranged on a more systematic basis. As it is, the col- 

 lection is one of the most important displayed in any of the museums 

 of this country. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 VISITORS. 



The total attendance of visitors at the new building aggregated 

 267,728 for week days and 61,653 for Sundays, the daily average for 

 the former having, therefore, been 855, and for the latter 1,185. The 

 total number who visited the older Museum building was 146,533, a 

 daily average of 468, and the Smithsonian building, 102,645, a daily 

 average of 328. There has been a steady increase in the attendance 

 at the new building since it was first opened to the public, and a 

 certain falling off at the other two buildings, owing to the dismant- 

 ling of many of the exhibition halls by the withdrawal of the natural 

 history exhibits. This condition is only temporar}^, however, and 

 will soon be remedied by the rapid progress which is being made in 

 the installation of the art industrial collections. 



The following tables show, respectively, the attendance of visitors 

 during each month of the past year and for each year since 1881, 

 when the older Museum building was first opened to the public : 



'Number of visitors during the year ending June 30, 191Jf. 



Year and month. 



1913. 



July 



August 



September . , 



October 



November.., 

 December. . , 



Year and month. 



1914 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total. 



Older 

 Museum 

 Building 



7,133 

 8,563 

 10,430 

 18,256 

 11,570 

 13,138 



146,533 



New 

 Museum 

 Building, 



20,977 

 22,040 

 25,340 

 38, 860 

 34,315 

 27, 014 



329, 381 



Smithso- 

 nian 

 Building. 



5,609 

 5,434 

 6,592 

 12,692 

 7,799 

 8,030 



102,645 



